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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17
Gentle Womnn,s Rsrenre

Husband and wife had a little tiff.
He buried his nose in a morning paper,
while she gazed out the car-windoW with
persistent intentness. Thus an hour
and thirty miles passed. AIady entered
the car. Husband dropped his paper
and looked at her admiringlv.
"Ah, said he, chats a fine woman,
and widow, too. Don't you think
she's handsome ?"
ayes, rather. You seem to like wild
ows.
Indeed I do. They are just charm
ing"
Husband evidently thought this would
pique his partner. But it didn't.
alfred" said she tenderly, and
placing her hand softly on his arm,
alfred, I guess I was In the wrong a
little while ago, when I became angry
with you, and I'm sorry, so sorry. VIII
you forgive your little wife? ?"
Certainly. Don't say another word
about It.
"And viii you grant little request I
have to make Of you, hubby, dear p"
"Of course Anything that lies in
my power.
You say you think widows are so
charming"
'Yes; did say so. but-"
'Then make me one that's a good
husband mine. Oh, Ishall be so happy {"
CHICAGO AelCS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17
Hasg woraa


Half the actual trouble Of life would
be saved If people would remember
that silence is goIden-When they are
irritated. vexed, OF annoyed To feel
provoked or exasperated at a trihe,
when the nerves are exhausted, is per
haps natural TO us IN orr imperfectly
sanetified state. But why put the an
nOyanee in the shape OF speech, which,
once uttered, is remembered, which
may burn like a blistering wound, or
ranlIle ike a poisoned arrow? If a
child be trying, OF a friend capricious,
or a servant unreasonable, be careful
what you say. Do not speak while you
feel the impulse Of anger, for you viii
be almost certain to say too much. to
say more than your cooler Judgment
viii approve, to speak in a way that
you VIII regret. Be silent until the
Sweet by-and-by." when you shall be
calm and rested, and self-controlled
Above all, never write a letter when
you are IN a mood of irritation. There
is an anger which is justifable, there
are resentments which are righteous ;
it is sometimes a duty to express indig-
nation. But if you consider the mat
ter, the occasion for putting such
feelings on record are comparatively
few. They come once in q lifetime,
perhaps, and too many fortunate be-
ings never come at all. Upon the
whole, people-our friends and neigh
bors, and the community of which we
form part-are trying to do the best
they can; and in hours Of good temper
and health life wears a bright and
sunny aspect
Much Of the friction which makes
the machinery Of living move rough
and discordant is caused by things toe
petty to be noticed if we were IN our
normal condition. The hasty word
spoken in petulance may be explained,
forgiven, and forgotten. But the letter
written In an ebullition of wounded
feeling Is a fact tang,ble not to be
condOned. There it lies with a certain
permanence about it. You have sent
it TO a friend, who, reading it half q
dozen times, viii each time find it more
cruel and incisive than before. Letters
once written and sent away cannot be
recalled. You cannot be sure that
your friend Cor enemy VIII burn them.
Hidden in bureau drawers OF in com.
partments of desks, folded up IN port
folios, locked Ia boxes, they will, i
may be, fash up again in sudden feud
and fire, months after you have ceased
to think Of the folly which melted
them, or the other folly which penned
them. Never write an angry, letter
when you are angry.
All heated feelings seek the superla
tive as an outlet, and superlatives are
apt to be dangerous. So long as We
cling to the positive in speech we are
pretty safe.
We all need to be cautioned against
undue haste in speech, but mothers
most of all. It is so easy to misunder
stand a child; so easy to grieve a little
person who is forbidden to answer
back; so easy to leave a picture o.
yourself in the plastic memory which
viii be photographed there for the re
mainder of life, and of which vol
would IN coming days be ashamed
/ 1[ngtey.U
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17
A ChfIdss Story,

Bill Arp, in the Atlanta C0ustitzL-
ton, tells the following child's story
A long time ago a crank King went
to visit one of his mOnasteries, and
while there he fell out with the monk,
and told him he would give him Just
two weeks to answer three questions,
and if he didn't answer them correctly
he would have his head cut of.
1. "HoW long, said he, "wilI it take
me to ride round the earth on horse
back?"
2. "What would bring if I was put
up aud sold for my worth ?"
3. what am L thinking about, and
I must be thinking wrong at the time ?"
The poor monk was IN great dis
tress, and after the King had gone
prepared himself to die. His old ser
want asked him what troubled him so,
and when the monk told him the SER
want said: sch, well, don't be
troubled. When the King comes l will
put on your gown and wig and play
monk and answer the questions. The
servant was very bald, but the wig and
the gown made him look very much
like the monk, and so when the
cranky King came and asked for the
answers the servant said:
"If your Majesty viii begin to ride at
sunrise and ride as fast as the sun
moves it viii take you just twenty-fOur
hours to ride around the earth.
GOOD; pretty good, said the King;
Il Will take that for an answer. Now,
for the next.
"Our Savior was sold, said the SER
want, "fOr thirty pieces Of silver. Your
Majesty can not be worth more than
our blessed Lord, but would bring
about twenty-nine-
well, that Will do, too" said the
King. "You are smarter than Thought
you was, but 1 viii get you on the last
question, and then off comes your
head What am thinking and I must
be thinking Wrong?"
well, your Majesty" said the ser
want, "you are thinking that am the
monk and you are thinking wrong, for
L am only his servant" And he took
1 of his wig and showed his bald head (;
/ and the King was too much surprised
| to get mad, and called up the monk
and gave him ring, and then departed
/ in good-humor.
There IS a curious kinship among
/ the stories of g race Of people. The
! Persians have theirs, as found in the
/ Arabian Nights. The Brahmins have
/ theirs, as found IN SThe Old Deccan
| Days" Hans Andersen gives US sam
/ Piles Of the German, and Uncle Remus
/ of the African. The Greeks had theirs,
/ the Romans theirs, the Seandinavians
/ theirs, but what we have got that would
/ make q bOok-a characteristic book Of
| the AnglO-SaxOn Facs-I confess I do
/ not know. It would simply be q vast
| and wonderful variety all.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

Incredible as it may appear, the
statement was made by an habitue of
Third street that Edwin Booth, the
tragedian, and John S. Clarke, the
comedian, never read a newspaper,
says the Philadelphia Call The gentle
man claims to have entertained the
actors and to know whereof he speaks.
Booth never attempts to discuss the
news Of the day, but Will listen to its
dissection provided theatrical matters
are not brought in.
Bothmen, the narrator declared, since
they have achieved prominence have
become offensive in their bearing
toward intimates. Booth, he declared,
Stunned company whenever he could,
and he has known the mpersOnator OF
Hamlet to refuse to receive close
friends and even relations when they
called upon him
Finally the tragedian, he asserted,
was economical even to closeness.
Truly they are not a very lovable pair.
Probably their ecceltricities are as
sumed as an advertisement
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

Mr.. Ruskin has written the following
letter In reply to q village librarian
who called his attention to the curious
fact that he and Kingsley, so widely
different, were the chief favorites Of
local readers:
"That two such opposite authors
should take hold Of the same minds Is
entirely probable. II oPpOsites, they
are both part Of the world and It's sky.
Kingsley stepped westward in the
Yankee way, I stepped eastward, think
ing the old star stands where It used to-
There was much in Kingsley that was
delightful to raw thinkers. and men
generally remain raw in this climate
He was always extremely civil to me
and to Carlyle. but he waited IN a most
coWardly way when We Lad the Eyre
battle to fight He was a famed,
partly Eotted, partly distorted person,
but he may be read with advantage by
numbers who could not understand q
word Of me, because speak Of things
they never saw or attended TO. / ex-
tremeIY dislike Kingsley's tragedy my
self. but If other people like hearing
Of girls being devOurad or torn to
pieces, that Is their affair
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17
TN sroREr pRAvzEn


In IDLE mood / touched the springs
That opened vide the secret drawer,
70 gaze on half-lorgotten things
That walked the memories Of yure;
g1aaII acrEns OF letters loosely tied
with aiken bands OF faded blue,
Containing words OF love and pride.
Wrung from my heart when life was new.
A lock OF radiant golden hair
That once adorned a glorious head
OF q young angel heavenly fair
And long since numbered with the dead;
dark brown treas-ths sole remains
OF a brave woman lost and gone.
The partner Of my Joys and pains
Whose smile made sunlight where It ahone
/ sighed. kissed them Ike q fool
Although perhaps the fool was wise
With wisdom learned ia 8orroH'a school
Who saw the truth through all disguise.
And taking counsel with my thought
i asked myself. mid haze OF tears.
Why these fond relies. fancy-fraught,
Should live beyond my span OF years2
Tive with their tale OF thought or deed,
For merchandise in scandals mart,
. satisfy the clGmorous greed
OF scrlbblera who'd disaect my heart
When lay slumbering in the mold.
unWeftlug Of Hame'a noisy blast
And sell for miserable gold
The sacred secrets OF the paste
10 build r0ulances from my life.
or weave the lies that seem like truth
Prom shadows Of long-ended strife
And unknown agonies OF youth2
Take them. We flames such fate De bestl
All but the lock Of hair j crave
To wear upon my living breast,
And perish with me In the grave.
Temple Bar.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

Science says that oatmeal is one 80
the cheapest foods we have; that is,
furnishes more nutritive material. In
proportion to the cost, than almost any
other food. 1t is estimated that %
cents. VIII pay for 029 Of a pound of
nutrients IN beef sirIoin, 0. 40 In round
beef, and 092 IN neck beef; oysters,
O12; shad and bluehsh, about O. %;
cheese, LOS to 135; milk, O.99; wheat
bread, 2-O8 to 30. Comparing the
dietaries of manual labOrers or
mechanics IN Europe and America.
Science finds chat IN this country a
large excess Of food Is consumed, not
only by Well-tO-do people but also BY
those In moderate circumstance, and
this excess consists mainly IN meats
and sWeetmeats. which are expensive,
as well as physiological injurious
when consumed ia too large quantities D
Foote's Health lLoFthiu
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17
~ EEEPHlNl7s THT0E.

The elephant Of the Jardin des
Plantes at Paris used to play his visit
ors e trick which could not have
been thought of but by an animal Of
much intelligence. His house opened
upon an enclosure called the elephants
park, containing a pond in which he
would lay himself under the water,
cOncealing every part Of him except
the very end of his trunk mere
speek that would hardly be noticed by
a stranger to the animals habits. A
crowd would often assemble round the
enclosure, and, not seeing him in It,
would watch IN expectation that he
would soon issue from the house. But,
while they were gazing about. a copious
sprinkle Of water would fall upon them ;
and ladies and gentlemen, with their
fine bonnets and coats, would run for
shelter under the trees. looking up at
the clear sky, and wondering whence
such a shower could come. Immedi-
ately afterwsrd, however, they would
see the elephant rising slowly from his
bath, evincing, as It seemed, an awk-
ward Joy at the trick that he had PLAYED.
In the course Of time, his amusement
became generally known; and the mo-
ment the water began to rise from his
trunk the spectators would take flight.
at which he appeared exceedingly de-
lighted, getting up as fast as he could
to see the hustle he had caused.
Strange as it may seem, a huge ami
NAL like the elephant has a ridiculous
fear of certain small objects. The
keeper of the Geological Garden in
Philadelphia says that he has seen an
elephant nearly scared into a fit at the
sight Of a mouse. And one warm day
for the amusement Of the spectators, &
dozen inflated bladders were thrown
into the pond when the animals wen
in to swim. At first they were greatly
frightened. Then Empress struck a
one with her trunk; and, when i
bounded into the air, both she and hel
companion trumpeted and scrambled
out Of the pond. Finally she gently
fshed one of the bIadders out of tn,
water, and kicked at it with her hind
feet. No serious results following, tn,
sport was continued until Empress hap
pened to step upon the bladder. L
exploded with a loud report, and thu
/ claimants scamDered home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17
DOn'ts for the Siek-RoOm.

Don't appear anxious, however great
your anxiety. Assume a cheerful eX-
preston, and get of an old Joke about
he patient being a great liar, or some
other antediluyian humor. Such things
have q tendency to arouse a patient
from thoughts of his condition if any
lhing Will
Don't let stale flowers remain in a
sick-chamber. The air of a sick-room
is bad for plants, and if they are given
fresh water and pure air they may re-
vive.
Don't jar the bed by leaning or sit
ting upon it. If Won want to Jar the
bed. "a kick or a thump IS much more
effective.
Don't let the patient know that you
are watching him. Go to sleep and
snore and he viii be sure to keep
awake and watch the clock for medi-
cine time.
Don't have the sick-room tempera-
ture over 60 degrees. If You should
let it get up to 80, and then iestingly
remark that you We're preparing the
patient for the immediate future, it
might make him nervous. Sick people
are not apt to appreciate a Joke.
Don't neglect during the day to at
tend to necessaries for the night. See
to it that a good substantial lunch is
prepared, and a reasonable amount OF
drinkables are on hand. The sick al
ways get along better when the nurse
is we'll cared for.
Don't ask a convalescent if he would
like this or that to eat or drink, but
prepare the delicacies and present
them in a tempting way. To fastsn a
delicacy on the end Of a string and let
it dangle IN front of the patients nose
is very effective, and then to jerk ii
away when he reaches for it causes
much amusement and relieves the mo-
nOtOny of the sick-rOOm-
Don't be unmindful of yourself il
you are IN the responsible position OF
nurse Take care that you get your
proper amount of sleep, and let the pa
tient wake you if you OVersleep your
self. Sick people are naturally wake
ful. and even if the patient did dOze of
and miss the medicine an hour itwOuld
be better than to break down the nurses
health and thus make two invaids in
stead of one.
Don't give the patient a full glass OF
water to drink from. If he is very
thirsty, alleviate his thirst by telling
him there IS more in the reservoir.
Don't allow the patient to get low
spirited Tickle him under the nose
punch HIM IN the shOrt-ribs with your
thumb. or do something else Of a con.
vivial character to enliven the sick man
and keep him in a bright humOr. And
finally;
Don't pay attention to all the fool
advice YOU read IN the paDers.-JttdGe
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

AZ TIE WEsT POINT RIDKRG-H-AEL.
1t is accounted great fun7 to witness
the first rides of the yearIings, so we
VIII 60 down there and laugh at their
mishaps.
Mounting the stairs to the gallery,
we look down upon a large space strewn
with tanbark. at one end Of which is a
row Of some twenty horses with water
ing-bridles. Soon the performers file
In and come to a halt IN front Of the
horses. Do they intend to ride with
only a watering-bridle, without even
saddle or blanket? They viii try to,
at all event. The instructor com
mands:
"Stand to horse! Prepare to mount
Mount"
In obedience to his command the
cadets spring, struggle, leap, and kick,
in their efforts to bestride their steeds.
The moment they are mounted several
horses develop astonishing bucking
propensities, to the anguish of their
riders and the delight of the gallery.
Now they start around the hall at a
walk. 1t seems rather tame, doesn't
it? But soon the command "trotl" is
given. and the fun begins. The poor
fellows bounce about on the horses
backs like India-rubber boys, and
wabble from side to side like Jumping
jacks. The trot is accelerated, the
horses take the gallOp, and dash
around the hall, tumbling their riders
in heaps at the corners, while those
who by chance are still mounted grasp
frantically at their horses names.
Finally, the gait is reduced to a walk
line is formed; the dismounted year
Hngs, nothing daunted, catch their
horses and remount, and then the per
formance is repeated.
If we had visited the gymnasium and
fencing academy in the morning we
should have seen sections of the fourth
class exercising under a rigid system
of instruction; and If from there We
had gone to the riding-hau at the hour
of first-class attendance, we should
have seen exhibited the high degree OF
muscular skill and activity to which
the system of training in gymnasium
and riding-halI brings cadets. For the
first-class cadets ride like Indians. II
is immaterial to them whether they
have a saddle or blanket or ride bare.
back. They leap hurdles, go through
the saber exercise, and are adopts al
pistol practice; they mount, dismount.
vault their horses and pick up articles
from the ground, all while at full
speed; they ride forward, backward
sideways, and double; lying down
kneeling, and standing up. Visitors al
the riding-halI during first-cIass hour:
go to admire, not to laugh. George I
PIJt7Easal. IN St. Nicholas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

And General Debility. Doctors disagree as
to the relative value Of Cod Liver Oil and
Hypophosphites; the one supplying strength
and flesh, the other giving nerve power aud
acting as a tonic to tine digestive and entire
system. Bat In SCoEE's EarULsIoN Of Cod
Liver Oil with Hypophosphites the t@o are
combined, and the effect is wonderful
Thousands who have derived no permanent
benefit from other preparations have been
cured by this. SCOTS Emulsion is perfect
" palatable and Is easily digested by those
who cannot tolerate plain Cod Liver Gil
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

A class of boys in a London boarding
school were asked what sort Of a man
was Moses. In reply they saidlhe was
"meel, brave, learned, and at last
one little fellow piped mp. "He was a
gentleman. The surprised Official
asked. what do You mean? ?" please.
sir. was the reply, when the daugh-
tiers Of Jethro went to the wen to draw
water the shepherds came and drove
them away, and Moses helped the
daughters Of Jethro, and said 60 the
shepherds, Ladies first please gentle
men
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

A few short weeks ago, that young girl was
the personiication of health, Vigor, and
beauty. The blush upon her cheeks rivalled
that of the rose; her step was light and buoy
ant, her every movement was a revelation OF
perfect physical health. Yet now she is pal
lid and haggard, and her superintendent
vitality has given place to a strange dizziness
and lassitude. vs. hat has caused this changer
Functional irregularities, which can be cured
by Dr.. Pierce ''EavOrite Prescription" a
remedy to which thousands of women today
owe their lives. All druggists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17
Common-asnss b DranlzaFds Il : a.utsI.eIl.

The nervous system is the seat of animal
life, and its Office is TO furnish intelligence,
sensation, and govern the functions of the
body When We are tired from any cause,
a stimulant is very agreeable to the nerves.
You get TO repeating this agreeable sensa-
ton, and in due time you are drunkard,
because you have educated your nervous
system to rely upon it, and soon you are IN
torment If you stop it. This is why you are a
drunkaFd. Now If you can get harmless
food that viii give actual support 70 your
nerves without irritation, stimulation, re-
action or harm, and relieve you from that
laundering for liquor, and make yOu man
again, you would take it. Well, the MOx1e
Nerve Food will do It. Druggists have it.
it is cheap, too.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

says a scientific exchange, ''frOm a pulp,
consisting Of one part vegetable fibre, two
parts asbestos, One-tenth part bOrax, and
one-hfth part alum" it is a pity that such
facts as the following cannot be written,
printed, or otherwise preserved, upon some
sort of indestrucuble paper. i'AIy wife
suffered seven years and was bed-ridden
too" said W. L. HUestis, of EmpOria, Kan
sas, ''a number of physicians tailed to helI
her. DR.. Fierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry cured her" All d uggists sell this rem
edy. Everybody ought to keep 1t. 1t only
needs a trial.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

The pronunciation of the word
neither" is very generally considered
to be a matter of taste. Most diction-
aries give both pronunciatiors but
good speakers invariably give the long
e sound, although the long / sound is
generally supposed to have no more
serious objection than being somewhat
affected, and is a pronunciation often
adopted by clergymen, especially Epis-
copRlians. 1t is, however, incorrect
as its origin Will show. 1t is well
known that the German pronunciation
of Ell is long, as das feind, the enemy,
while the English rule is to pronounce
the diphthong as long e, as receive.
The long g sound was invariably given
in neither until the reign of George L.
of Eng and. Being Of the House of
Hanover, and speaking Engl sh indif-
ferently, he gave the German prOnun-
citation to the diphthOng. Court para
sites thought it proper to ape the King,
and this pronunciation spread. Few
people know this origin, and hence the
general mistake.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

A MAX residing in Livingston Coun-
", Kentucky, was bitten the other
day by a huge eopper-head snake. He
Immediately poured down a quart and
half Of whisky, and after lying in a
drunken stupor three hours came out
Ell right
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17
What a Changed

-Sea-serpents are now being stuffed and
anchored for summer watering-place use
New Orleans FicayunO.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

VZbsn Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss she cling to CastOria,
when shs had Children, she gave them CastOriA
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

1t is Phillip Brooks opinion that Lin.
coin, Webster, and Beecher are the TIRES
greatest Americans.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

Jay Gould is going to build an industri-
al city near st. Louis. The papers of the
old city are mentioning that as a boom for
st. Louis.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

1t is singular that none of the dude
journals of the east favor the -breeches
reform. Eastern calves must be on a decline.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

There are getting to be so many foreign
ers in Chicago that the city is frequently re-
ferred to as the European colony" Still
the American element prevails.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

The life of Lincoln, now running in the
Century, will be long drawn out. 1t will take
the authors more than a year to complete it.